Windshield cleaner



WINDSHIELD CLEANER Filed Aug. so. 1935 3% j as Fig.5. I

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Patented 5, 1938 v' UNITED STATES is provided with an extension with which a part of the wiper arm is engaged. The arm comprises two sections having an articulated connection including spring means, whereby; thesection connected to the blade is moved relative to the other section toward the windshield glass. The Y connection between the extension from the supporting shaft or part and the section of the arm may be disconnected without the use of special- 3 tools or implements by manual movement of the that engages the extension is such that the spring means maintains it substantially rigid,'wherebyduring normal operation the extension and connected arm section move as a unit, although they parts against the pressure of the spring means.

The latter, byreaction of the force urging one arm section toward the windshield glass, retains the articulated connection between the two arm sections, although permittingmanual disconnection of the sections.

These and other objects and advantages will Q, become apparent from the following description I of the one typical embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side.elevation of a windshield cleaner assembly embodying the invention and mounted upon the header and windshield construction of avehicle; 1 v Fig. 2 is a longitudinal-sectional view of the connecting means and adjacent parts;

Fig. 3 is a rear'view of said connecting means,

I the shaft appearing in section;-

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along section line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 5 is a.v section taken along section line 5--5 of Fig. 1.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a windshield cleaner motor H is mounted upon the header construction l2 above the windshield glass I3, the motor having an angularly oscillatory shaft l4 extending forwardly through a tubular extension,

l5 of the motor housing. The forward end of shaft It is deformed to provide radially extend-- ing portions l6 and I! connected by a portion l8 that substantially parallels the end of the shaft proper.

The end of the shaft M and the portions 16 and I8 constitute a loop which is snugly received within an elongated recess 20 formed on the rearward face of a casing section l9. Thelatter, the

PATENT wmnsmnnn CLEANER Erwin C. HortonyHamburg, N.

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the shaft oF lcE Y alauiglor to upper section of the wiper blade carrying arm of which the lower section or arm proper is designated by numeral 22, has an upper wall 23 ad- Jacent the end of shaft l4, front wall 24 adjacent portion it of the shaft extension, lower wall 25 adjacent portion IQ of the shaft extension and lower front wall 26 which is formed to bear upon the forward surface of portion I! of the shaft extension. The front surface of portion 26 has a semi-cylindrical projection 21 with axis of curvature extending transversely to and spaced radially from the axis of shaft l4.

Arm proper 22, preferably formed of sheet metal, has a front wall 28 of which the upper.

'shaftv extension portion l1 and lower wall 26 of ,the casing section as shown in Fig. 4.

Secured toarm 22, preferably by clenching thereover side wall portions 32 of the arm as shown in Fig. 5, is a resilient metal strip or leaf spring 33, the free end of which presses against portion ll of the arm extension. The lower end of arm section 22 and the wiper blade 34 are provided with suitable detachable connection means 35 whereby the blade may be moved with the arm in wiping contact with the windshield glass.

In normal operation of the windshield cleaner the spring 33 coacti-ng with arm section 22 clamps therebetween parts 28 and i1, thereby retaining arm extension parts l4, l6 and I8 seated in recess 20 of casing section i9 so that the latter is keyed for movement with the shaft l4. Further, and because the point at which spring 33 presses against shaft extension portion I1 is below the axis of cylindrical projection 21, the arm 22 is moved about the latter toward the windshield, i. e., in a counter clockwise direction as the parts appear in Fig. 2. Thus, the spring, in addition to maintaining the keyed relationship of i4 and arm section l9, and maintaining the articulated connection 21,29 between the two arm sections I9, 22, also functions to retain the blade pressed into wiping engagement with the windshield glass.

' The. arm section 22 may, of course, be readily detached from casing section l9 by moving the portion 29 outwardly against resistance of the spring and thence downwardly, and thereafter section l9 can be detached from the shaft by simply moving it forwardly. It will be understood that the terms "upper, "lower", and the'like are used herein and in the appended claimsfor con- Russutn Oct 1940 'venience of description alone and not in any restrictive sense, since the windshield cleaner may be mounted in many different angular positions,

,as, for example, at the lower or.side edges of windshield rather than at the upper edge as illustrated.

I claim:

1. In a windshield cleaner, a shaft having a depending projection with forward, upper and lower surfaces; a member detachable upon said depending projection of the shaft and having surfaces engaging said forward, upper and lower surfaces; a wiper arm having an articulated connection to said member whereby the arm may move about the point of connection toward the windshield, and spring means acting between said projection and arm for urging the latter about its pivot toward the windshield. and to retain sai member upon said projection.

2. In a windshield cleaner, a shaft having a radial extension, a casing member engaging the outer end of the shaft and said extension to preclude relative movement about the axis of the shaft proper between the, casing member and shaft, an arm having an articulated connection to the casing member aboutan axis transverse to the axis of the shaft proper and spaced theresion and having surfaces bearing upon a forward, an upper and a lower surface of said extension, a wip'er arm having an articulated ,connection to said member for movement relative thereto toward and away from the windshield surface, and a spring acting between the wiper I arm and said extension to urge the wiper arm to- Ward the windshield glass and to clamp the casing member to said extension.

4. In a windshield cleaner, a shaft having at the forward end thereof a projection constituting a pivot and a part extending radially beyond said pivot, an arm having a portion disposed forwardly of and bearing upon said pivot, and a resilient windshield and retaining said portion of the arm 1 bearing pivotally upon said pivot.

6. In a windshieldcl'eaner, a shaft having at the forward end thereof a depending part, a wiper arm having one end bearing upon the forward surface of the depending part at a point above the end thereof,'said arm and depending part at said point being formed to constitute an articulated connection when the arm is pressed against said depending part, a leaf spring secured at one end to said arm and having its other end resilient- 1y pressing against the rearward side of said dependency at the-end thereof, whereby said articulated connection is maintained and the arm is urged about said connection toward the windshield glass.

'7. Ina windshield cleaner, a wiper arm of channel cross-section having bearing means at the upper end thereof for pivotally bearing upon a supporting part, and a leaf spring secured to the armfor bearing against such supporting part for urging the arinabout the axis of the bearing ;toward the windshield, the secured end of the spring being received within the channel of the arm and the side walls of the channel being clenched thereover.

8. In a windshield cleaner, a shaft having a radially extending part, a casing member detachable from the shaft and engaging the outer end thereof, an arm having an articulated connection to the casing member for movement relative thereto about an axis transverse to the axis of v the shaft, and spring means effective between said arm and said part for urging relative movement between the casing member and arm about the axis of said articulated connection tending to movethe arm toward the windshield and to hold the casing member engaged with the arm.

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